Comments on: Reaching New Audiences With an Environmental Justice Messagehttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/
The EPA BlogThu, 08 Dec 2016 18:56:05 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.1By: A Comic Book Sparks Kids Toward Environmental Justice | The Nature of Citieshttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/#comment-4703
Thu, 07 Nov 2013 04:12:57 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4703[…] most encouraging part has been the reaction from the students. One note left by a 10-year old on EPA’s Environmental Justice in Action Blog (which featured Mayah’s Lot on June 27, 2013), really says it […]
]]>By: Rebecca Bratspieshttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/#comment-4702
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:32:25 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4702glad you liked it. Please share with your friends.
]]>By: Rebecca Bratspieshttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/#comment-4701
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:31:46 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4701thanks Timothy–that is what we are hoping for. The students who have participated in our workshops have overwhelmingly said they would read a sequel, even if not required by their teacher to do so. Now all we need is the sequel .. . .
]]>By: Rebecca Bratspieshttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/#comment-4700
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:30:51 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4700sorry we struck a nerve with you. Unfortunately there is still plenty of illegal dumping. To be clear, Green Solutions was not trying to do anything illegal in Mayah’s Lot–they just wanted to site their waste facility in an already-overburdened community because they thought it would be easy to put it there. That was the point–there these kinds of locally-undesirable land uses too often wind up in already-overburdened communities. This is the environmental justice message. With the undesirable consequences of through-put production hidden in communities with little power, there is little incentive for reducing our overall footprint.
]]>By: Rebecca Bratspieshttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/#comment-4699
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:26:50 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4699thanks for your kind words.
]]>By: Rebecca Bratspieshttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/#comment-4698
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:26:12 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4698Hi Tim

Each state and most cities have a local number to call to report illegal dumping. You can also contact the EPA at http://www.epa.gov/tips.

]]>By: Timhttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/#comment-4697
Sun, 18 Aug 2013 19:16:59 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4697I shared it with some of my rugby club members and they enjoyed it as much as I did. I have seen different types of illegal dumping in communities. What should someone do if we see or know about illegal dumping?
]]>By: Glenn Farberhttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/#comment-4696
Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:18:07 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4696Disparate environmental impacts is an important topic, too important to be treated this way.

“Dumping toxic waste”? Where do you get this stuff? 1960’s science fiction movies? That’s not just unrealistic, but simply a ridiculous fabrication, completely removed from reality.

Facilities that handle hazardous wastes spend millions of dollars to comply with specific requirements for safely treating and recycling those materials. It’s stunning that this comic is on the same website as those extensive EPA hazardous waste management regulations, designed to protect surrounding areas from the most minute levels of harm.

Just because the information is done in a comic book format doesn’t mean that the presentation has to be so… cartoonish.

This is not information: it is classic disinformation,harmful in most every way. It’s certainly a disservice to necessary education about EJ.

[And, incidentally, I love the way Anna (the token white character, except for the evil corporate villains) is such an airhead, interested only in going shopping. Nice touch. ]

]]>By: Timothy Jakeshttps://blog.epa.gov/blog/2013/06/reaching-new-audiences-with-an-environmental-justice-message/#comment-4695
Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:53:23 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4695As a student I can tell you that this is something that my friends and I would actually read.
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Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:18:18 +0000http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1323#comment-4694[…] most encouraging part has been the reaction from the students. One note left by a 10-year old on EPA’s Environmental Justice in Action Blog (which featured Mayah’s Lot on June 27, 2013), really says it […]
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